Artefacts are returned to Cambodian officials during a ceremony on 19 April Courtesy Homeland Security Investigations New York

US authorities return 30 antiquities recovered during trafficking investigations to Cambodia and Indonesia

The antiquities, collectively valued at $3m, include a bronze “Shiva Triad” from Cambodia that the dealer Nancy Wiener donated to the Denver Art Museum after failing to find a buyer for it.

April 27, 2024

by Art Newspaper

Officials in the US have returned 27 artefacts to Cambodia and another three antiquities to Indonesia, the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg announced on Friday (26 April).

The lion’s share of the restituted objects were returned to Cambodian officials in a ceremony on 19 April that was attended by the country’s ambassador to the US, Keo Chhea. A ceremony marking the return of the Indonesian artefacts was attended by Winanto Adi, Indonesia’s consul general in New York. The 30 repatriated objects are collectively valued at $3m, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

In full: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/04/26/us-authorities-return-30-antiquities-to-cambodia-and-indonesia

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